Farouche

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Fierce; wild: an artist who was farouche even in everyday life.
  • adj. Exhibiting withdrawn temperament and shyness coupled with an air of cranky, often sullen fey charm: "small, farouche poems illustrated with doodles, a cross between Ogden Nash and Blakeā€ ( Rosemary Dinnage).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Sullen or recalcitrant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Distant or repellent in manner; unsociable; shy.
  • Word Usage
    "Mirabeau (who was to be the father of the famous orator) was a man of talent, but violent, chimerical and lawless, "farouche," as he himself put it."
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